learning code
December 8, 2022
learn by doing!
tips: if you usually clean your data in a certain language or platform, try using a new one!
interactive tutorials! (e.g., datacamp)
become really good at googling - copy + paste the important part of your errors!
if you find the answer, challenge yourself to understand why that way works and your way doesn’t
getting scientific notation for your output?
options(scipen=999)
fav package manager + some fav packages
pacman::p_load("dplyr", "ggplot2", "psych", install = TRUE)
want to knitr a nice html from your markdown? —-> bookdown
GitHub is extremely useful for version control!!!! You create repositories for your projects which are basically like folders but they are collaborative (e.g., run one line of code to clone a repo, make edits, push it back to github so someone else can implement the edits) and track everything that’s ever been done.
GitHub Documentation - getting started!
I highly recommend generating access tokens and ssh keys for ease of use. You can interact with git on the command line and manage your project with just a couple of lines of code.
One thing I live by - before you start making any edits in a repo, always run:
git status
You can customize your terminal to your liking – see charles dobson’s post for a step-by-step tutorial
KEY COMMANDS:
cdstands for change directory. it’s how you will move in and out of different directories on your machine.
lsstands for list. you can run this in any directory and it will output its contents. —> note: i like runningls -alwhich will give you a lot more information (e.g., permissions, date last modified, file size, etc.)
MORE TO COME (this page is a work in progress)
I’m also learning python right now so this will serve more as a notes section. Coming soon.
- Posted on:
- December 8, 2022
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- 2 minute read, 320 words
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